Volume 7 - Prabhupada

Text 104]The Lord Travels to Vrndavana55In the Madhya-khaQ(ia, Chapter Twenty, it is said:sannyasi 'prakasananda' vasaye kc'iSitemore khaQ(ia-khaQ(ia veta kare bhala-matepa(iaya 'vedanta', mora 'vigraha' na maneku?tha karailun ange, tabu nahi jane'satya' mora 'lila-karma', 'satya' mora 'sthana'iha 'mithya' bale, more kare khan-khanPrakasananda Sarasvati used to explain impersonalism, the Absolute Truth, asbeing without hands, legs, mouths or eyes. In this way he used to cheat thepeople by denying the personal form of the Lord. Such a foolish person was PrakasanandaSarasvati, whose only business was to sever the limbs of the Lord byproving the Lord impersonal. Although the Lord has form, Prakasananda Sarasvatiwas attempting to cut off the hands and legs of the Lord. This is the business ofdemons. The Vedas state that people who do not accept the Lord's form are rascals.The form of the Lord is factual, for Kra states in Bhagavad-gita (15.15):vedais ca sarvair aham eva vedya/:1. When Kra says aham, He says "I am," whichmeans "1," the person. He adds the word eva, which is used for conclusiveverification. It is by Vedanta philosophy that one has to know the Supreme Person.Whoever describes Vedic knowledge as impersonal is a demon. One becomessuccessful in life by worshiping the form of the Lord. The Mayavadi sannyasisdeny the form of the Lord, which delivers all fallen souls. Indeed, this formis cut to pieces by Mayavadi demons.The Personality of Godhead is worshiped by exalted demigods like Lord Brahmaand Lord Siva. The original Mayavadi sannyasi, Sarikaracarya, also accepted thefact that the Lord's form is transcendental. NarayaQa/:1 para 'vyaktat: "Narayaa,the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is beyond the avyakta, the unmanifestedmaterial energy." Avyaktad aQ(ia-sambhava/:1: "This material world is a creation ofthat unmanifested material energy." However, Narayaa has His own eternalform, which is not created by material energy. Simply by worshiping the form ofthe Lord, one is purified. However, Mayavadi sannyasis are impersonalist philosophers,and they describe the form of the Lord as maya, or false. How can one bepurified by worshiping something false? Mayavadi philosophers have no sufficientreason for being impersonalists. They blindly follow a principle that cannot besupported by reason or argument. This was the situation with PrakasanandaSarasvati, the chief Mayavadi sannyasi of Benares. He was supposed to teachVedanta philosophy, but he would not accept the form of the Lord; therefore hewas attacked with leprosy. Nonetheless, he continued to commit sins by describ-